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If love disappeared when we touched the fault-lines, it wouldn't be worth much, would it? ↗

— Claire Cross

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The silence of the storm weighs heavily On their strained spirits: sometimes one will say Some trivial thing as though to ward away Mysterious powers, that imminently lie In wait, with the strong exorcising grace Of everyday's futility. Desire Becomes upon a sudden a crystal fire, Defined and hard: If he could kiss her face, Could kiss her hair! As if by chance, her hand Brushes on his ... Ah, can she understand? Or is she pedestalled above the touch Of his desire? He wonders: dare he seek From her that little, that infinitely much? And suddenly she kissed him on the cheek. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#youth #love

A friend worth knowing tolerates your flaws while a friend worth keeping loves you in spite of them. ↗

— Kathy Reinhart

#novelist #writer #love

What a trip life is. ↗

— Art Hochberg

#inspirational #art

When you pray for what you most want in the world, its opposite comes along with it. I was given a woman whom I truly loved and who truly loved me. The opposite side of such a love is the pain of its loss. I can only feel such pain today because until yesterday I knew that love. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#love #love

Sometimes I think that all anyone needs in life is lots of popcorn and a few Lovelies ↗

— Sam Savage

#popcorn #life

Love Bill Gates not for the number of Windows he has parked on desktops across the world, but for opening up the window of his soul to share the wealth he made with rest of the world. ↗

— Moses Pereira

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And I pray mark how he begins: he sets not up trophies to himself, but triumphs in his God-- "I will love thee, O Lord, my strength." As the love of God is the beginning of all our mercies, so love to God should be the end and effect of them all. As the stream leads us to the spring, so all the gifts of God must lead us to the giver of them. ↗

— Richard Steele

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Because affection, she had learned, was such a civilized thing, compared to love. It exacted so much less and was therefore more enduring. And endurable. ↗

— Karen Fisher

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Love is neither true or false, love is love. ↗

— Camilla Saunders

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